It would seem that the creators of "Jack the Ripper 1988" decided to capitalize on the enduring "Ripper" mystery, build a miniseries very loosely around some of the "Ripper" case facts, introduce their own characters and facts so as to make the protracted 3.5 hour watch endurable, and then peddled it to the public on commercial television with the usual musical crescendo, cliff-hanger punchline, and fade-to-black every 15 minutes or so. The result is a tedious, staged, theatrical, and not particularly interesting or entertaining film which has much less to do with "Jack the Ripper" history than it does with trying to make a buck off the small screeners. Only for those into "Ripper" stuff who are up for a long watch.
Review of Jack the Ripper
